Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 16-Mar-1948
Hometown: Canoga Park, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 3-Sep-1968
Start of tour: 6-Feb-1969
Incident date: 4-Apr-1969
Date of casualty: 4-Apr-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of Death: Accident. Vehicle loss or crash. Vehicle Crash (MC).
Driver of 1/4 ton truck enroute to refuel vehicle when vehicle hit a hole in the road and overturned. Individual was admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, on 4 Apr 1969 at 1056 hrs and placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) on 4 Apr 1969.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 850 360
Place of interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA
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